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Why calls to “save democracy” don’t work
First published in The Atlantic on June 13, 2026.
by Katy Osborn and Scott Warren, The Atlantic
June 18, 2026
| reading time: 6 Min.
Given President Trump’s disregard for long-standing political norms and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, many Americans fear that he is hostile to democracy. According to this view, the 49.8 percent of voters who supported him in 2024 must simply be unaware of the existential threat he poses to our republic. The logic, to Trump’s critics, is therefore simple: Once voters fully grasp that democracy is under threat from creeping authoritarianism, then surely they will turn against Trump.
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